Editor’s note: This article first appeared at The American Spectator. Much is being said right now about J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. The reason, of course, is the new film on Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan. The … Continue reading
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VIDEO – A Grand Old Flag: Our Flag
A Grand Old Flag – Our Flag with Dr. Peter Keim Two hundred and forty-four years old and waving as proudly in the breeze as ever, Our Flag, A Grand Old Flag. The National Flag of the United States of … Continue reading
Reflections on Impeachment with President Paul McNulty
In February of 2020, President Paul McNulty, the ninth president of Grove City College, gives his reflections on the history of impeachment in the United States. He briefly looks at the impeachments Presidents Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump. … Continue reading
To Go or Not to Go
I recently returned from a mission trip to Brazil with eleven members of my Presbyterian church in Wilmington, North Carolina. Partnering with a Presbyterian congregation in Manaus, our team, which included three physicians and two nurses, furnished medical assistance, dental … Continue reading
Save the Electoral College: The Founders Warned of an “Overbearing Majority”
An apparent new litmus test has appeared among the 2020 Democratic presidential hopefuls: abolishing the Electoral College. Calls to abolish the Electoral College are not new, but the debate surrounding the practicality and effectiveness of the Electoral College has quite … Continue reading
TEST_HTML_CODE (Paste from Word) – Electoral Demographics
Editor’s note: A version of this article first appeared at Forbes.com. Last week’s election results have given Republicans, Democrats, and political observers plenty to ponder. Various pundits have commented on the increasing importance of identity politics—that for many American voters, who they are … Continue reading
Stealing the March
“Always mystify, mislead, and surprise the enemy.” –Stonewall Jackson The ousting of Steve Bannon from the National Security Council (NSC) staff is part of a reorganization initiated by President Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor, Army Lt. General H.R. McMaster. This … Continue reading
State of the College — 2016
Grove City College President Paul J. McNulty ’80 will deliver a “State of the College” address announcing a new strategic vision that honors the College’s past, recognizes the enormous challenges of today, and builds for a strong and faithful future. … Continue reading
Donald Trump on Bush’s WMD “Lie”
“George Bush made a mistake,” said Donald Trump in the South Carolina debate last week. “We should have never been in Iraq.” Trump added that “we destabilized” the larger Middle East. Those are legitimate points of contention—though Trump should not … Continue reading
Presidential Election Survey
If the election were held today, who would you like to see as president and vice president? Take the short (only 2 questions!) survey below and let your voice be heard!
Practice Resurrection
Editor’s note: Dr. H. Collin Messer delivered the below Harbison Chapel address on April 30 in recognition of being chosen Grove City College’s 2015 Professor of the Year. In his talk Messer teaches us something important about Christ’s resurrection and … Continue reading
In my native city of Detroit, Atlas has at long last shrugged
Editors note: This opinion editorial first appeared at Forbes.com I’m sad. Detroit is my native city. It’s decline from being arguably the world’s richest city to being America’s “first Third Word city” is tragic, politically criminal, and a warning to … Continue reading
Don’t Cry For Me, America: Comparing Argentina And The United States
Editor’s note: This opinion editorial first appeared at Forbes.com. Many observers have pondered if the United States is following the same troubled path as Argentina. In the 1940s, Argentina’s Juan Domingo Perón used government agencies for political gain and created a … Continue reading
V&V FLASHBACK — The 40-Percent President: Obama’s Cruise to Reelection
Editor’s note: A version of this piece was written for the American Thinker on January 26, 2011. We’re at the halfway mark of Barack Obama’s first term as president. I say “first term” because I’m confident that this isn’t his last. … Continue reading
A Whiff of Privatization
Three decades ago, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher implemented a policy called “privatization” to rejuvenate the moribund economy of the United Kingdom. Like the United States today, the cost of a too-large government was sapping the vitality of the U.K.’s economy. … Continue reading
An “Occupy Wall Street” Thanksgiving?
Editor’s note:A longer version of this article first appeared at TheBlaze.com. Last week, a deranged malefactor was arrested at Occupy Wall Street for threatening to launch Molotov cocktails at Macy’s. It might have been a Macy’s Thanksgiving to forget. A … Continue reading
Thoughts From Israel
Written by the administrative director of The Center for Vision & Values for WORLD Magazine. Read the article»
Protestant Moral Reformers and the Regulation of “Commercialized Vice” in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
The “right of citizens peaceably to assemble and deliberate upon the public and individual welfare,” a late nineteenth-century critic of the expanding regulatory power of the state asserted, is “recognized by the Massachusetts Bill of Rights, and guaranteed in the … Continue reading
The Progressive Road to Serfdom
[A note on usage: I have capitalized the word “Progressive” every time it is used as an adjective that refers to the political philosophy of progressivism, even when the adjective doesn’t refer to a formal “Progressive” party, to distinguish it … Continue reading